Gluten Hates Me

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

So…

Go ahead and grab your reusable grocery bags and head to the store, because you’re going to want to these right.now.

The cupcakes themselves are pretty straight forward and simple.

Bob’s Red Mill gluten free chocolate cake mix. My bestie and I love this mix. It makes a thick batter, which we piped in to mini cupcake liners. The cake is moist and fluffy, and the taste is more like a bitter dark chocolate than a sugary sweet chocolate.

That being said, this cake can be gross if you don’t dress it up right. A bitter cake needs a SWEET icing.

Enter caramel.

Follow this recipe. Follow exactly. Email me with questions. Call me. Chat me. Whatever. But make this icing. And top it with sugar in the raw for sparkle.

Sweet. Fluffy. Deep. Caramel-y. Make it, and then give your cupcakes the photo shoot they deserve!

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It’s funny that I’m less counting down to my birthday on Friday and MORE counting down to making birthday cake pancakes